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| Artist: | Tokuriki Tomikichiro — 徳力富吉郎 |
| Title: | Gen 1-20 - Birds over the Earth |
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| Date of first edition?: | Not set |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Unknown — 不明 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Unknown — 不明 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Double Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Double Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 41857 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Thursday, 22 January 2009
Title Gen. 1:20 - Birds over the Earth
Artist Tomikichiro Tokuriki 1902-1999
Signature "T. Tokuriki" hand signed with pencil on the lower right corner of the margin.
Seal Artist's seal.
Dated Ca. 1950s.
Medium/Technique Woodblock print.
Impression Very good … Printed on "Tomi" water marked Japanese paper.
Colors Excellent.
Condition Excellent - very good … Slight foxing on the margins. A diagonal printer's crease at the top left margin corner.
Edition Size 100
Numbered 56 / 100
Description "Let the water swarm with swimming creatures, and let birds fly through the sky over the earth." (Genesis 1:20). Beautifully composed design. The title is printed on the upper right.
Width Item 16.1 inches = 41.0 cm
Height Item 21.3 inches = 54.0 cm
Width Image 15.2 inches = 38.5 cm
Height Image 19.7 inches = 50.0 cm |
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| Artist Bio: |
TOKURIKI TOMIKICHIRO(1902 - 1999) - Tokuriki was born and raised in Kyotoand was influenced by the local art scene from childhood. He stayed in Kyotofor his entire career and was a leader of the Kyoto Sosaku Hanga. He graduated from the KyotoCity School of Fine Arts and Crafts and after that from the KyotoCity Specialist School of Painting. While he began his career in the painting field, he found his true calling in the woodblock print field and was enthusiastic about the reemergence of woodblock prints in 20th century Japanese art. He was influential in the development of new artists later in his career and set up his own publishing company called Matsukyu.
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